The (Clotted) Cream of the Crop: Announcing the Finalists for the International Bullseye Awards

Recruitment is an industry of wonders.

Recognising innovation and outstanding individual achievement in our world is difficult because there are so many strong contenders. This is why you’ll often encounter prestigious lists of visionaries and very rarely traditional awards programs that create shortlists of finalists, and subsequently, winners.But at Bullhorn and The Global Recruiter, we wanted to try something different. This is why we’ve introduced the wildly successful Bullseye Awards – first debuted in Boston last year and reprised this year to much fanfare – to an international audience, by way of our Engage London conference. The Bullseye Awards for Recruitment Innovation honour the people and organizations in recruitment who have transformed their businesses through innovation and excellence. Our categories – Rising Star in Recruitment, Recruitment Leader of the Year, and Innovative Use of Technology (Small-Medium agencies, and Large agencies), are designed to celebrate the very best of the best. To highlight the cream of the crop in an industry where – let’s face it – we are all in it to win it.

Narrowing the field of nearly 100 nominees down to just 16 finalists, hailing from England, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Australia, was an astronomical task, but we’ve done it. And this is where things get very interesting. Our team of esteemed judges – Michelle Watson, Tara Ricks, Gary King, and Peter Linas – will take the time to interview each of the individual and company finalists to determine who really is the cream of the crop this year. I’ve never been so simultaneously envious (what fabulous conversations) and sympathetic (picking between those finalists will be near impossible).

Join us as we wish everyone involved the best of luck, and see the winners announced live at Engage London, at 9:30 AM on 12th September. This is one awards ceremony you won’t want to miss!Check out the finalists for the first-ever International Bullseye Awards for Recruitment Innovation.

About Bullhorn

Bullhorn is the global leader in software for the recruitment industry. More than 11,000 companies rely on Bullhorn’s cloud-based platform to power their recruitment processes from start to finish. Headquartered in Boston, with offices around the world, Bullhorn is founder-led and employs more than 1,000 people globally. To learn more, visit www.bullhorn.com/uk or follow @BullhornUK on Twitter.

J.R. Stricker

SVP, Global Support & Training

As Senior Vice President, Global Support and Training, J.R. leads our global Support and Training for all Bullhorn product lines. J.R. directs both the company’s customer service and training efforts around the world engaging customers throughout all points in the customer journey, both proactively and reactively, delivering incredible customer experiences via transactional interactions and client engagements. He brings a broad range of customer service leadership skills and experience to the company spanning performance management, project management, employee and leadership development, organizational design, and strategy which all align to focus on driving an incredible customer experience. Prior to joining Bullhorn, J.R. led call center optimization efforts for AT&T Mobility, directing the call center strategy for more than 100 contact centers. J.R. has spent 20 years working in the contact center space and has held a number of key leadership roles prior to joining Bullhorn.

Jonathan Novich

SVP of Product and Salesforce

Jonathan Novich is SVP of Product and Salesforce for Bullhorn, the global leader in CRM and operations software for the recruitment industry. A staffing technology innovator, he has developed broad and deep product and technical experience consulting to staffing firms over the past 15 years. Jonathan has acted as an independent consultant for some of the largest staffing companies in the world and advised companies on acquisition targets.
At Bullhorn, he oversees product initiatives as more than 10,000 staffing companies rely on Bullhorn’s cloud-based platform to drive sales, build relationships, and power their recruitment processes from end to end. He graduated with honors from Princeton University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Computer Science and a certificate in Operations Research.